Personification, Simile, Metaphor

The car was as fast as lightning.

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

• The baby had 8 legs.

• The baby lives in the sea.

• The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.

• The baby was sleeping. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which word means: 'To compare a non human object to an action that humans can do?'

• Simile

• Personification 

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Pick the word that best fits the simile: 
The children were as quiet as

• frogs in the swamp

• dogs chasing cats

• a mouse

• a lion

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

• Clouds

• Winked

• Say

• Moon

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'

• Personification 

• Metaphor

• Simile  

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which figurative language is this an example of: My father told me that life is a journey.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What two things are being compared in this sentence: Patrick was as busy as a bee.

• Patrick and busy

• Patrick and bee

• was and as

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D